Feedback & Reports

The Arrow was looking clear and running at a fair old pace when I turned up at about half nine , had a initial mooch just above the weir , one small grayling seen , boding well for the quick session this morning . . . . . Overcast to begin with , ten degrees and a few small insects already on the move !!!!

Slipped into the river down by the bridge working my way slowly upstream , clear water and up a bit , which was surprising as no significant rain locally for a while . . . Didn't get a touch on small nymphs till the weir pool , then had one small feisty six inch brownie , quickly slipped back in .

Did give a kick sample into my net , and a surprising amount in the fine mesh at the bottom of my net , promising to see , and also nice to see four sightings of kingfishers up and down the Arrow , busy busy !!!! Bumble bees , rooks in the trees above , the race is on !!!!!!

Did have a brief nose up on the section above the weir , almost like two rivers here , seems like it would almost be better without that weir , as far as the fish goes , but I guess it's been there since the year dot so we have to find tactics around it !!!!! Has some nice Chubb in there in the warm summer months !

Shall head here again when the mayfly are having a disco !!!! A fun two hours on this stretch , Two days to go , yippeeeeee , back soon !

1 Trout

1 Sea Trout, 2 Pike

Colder day after the last week of unseasonably warm weather. Fished the faster water to start but other than a couple of chub it was slow going. Moved back towards the deeper water and it was there we found the barbel. Fishing single small pellet and feeding very little did the trick with the majority of the fish coming at the end of the day. The barbel were in the 5-7lb range, the chub 2-3lb and fin perfect as usual. All in all a good days fishing for this time of year and as usual the venue never disappoints, will be back in the new season.

3 Barbel, 4 Chub

Another amazing day at The Creel, a PB barbel of 10.8 & chub to 4.8.

8 Barbel, 4 Chub

Three small grayling. One approx 7 pound (probable) kelt salmon. Caught on 3wt nymphing setup, fly size 18 beadhead PTN.

1 Salmon, 3 Grayling

A long day for just two small grayling! Tried all the usual suspects and others as well but the fish just weren't interested ( or weren't there...? ). Good to be out despite the drizzle.

2 Grayling

No fish, river looked deserted. One small finger injury from a rock slip.

1 Trout, 2 Grayling

Lovely day to be out, shame about the fishing. Water pushing through but clear, not a sign of fly life and only 2 grayling caught by GC.

2 Grayling

Another very warm late February day and after a frosty start it quickly warmed up to 18 or 19 degrees which is remarkable for winter. It did not help the fishing and although we fished all the known swims on this stretch we managed just one small barbel between us. The river looked in good condition if low and a bit clear but we were suprised at the lack of even small fish showing to our 'catch anything' tactics.

1 Barbel